Movie monologues, one line at a time
1,969 real monologues from 153 films. Play a line, pause, say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B23 lines
It is the best day ever.
Every day is the best day everBarbie · 2023They read the calendar as endless perfection, so the death question actually lands. - B25 lines
I'll tell you what you're doing, milady.
Anna's rallying speechDownton Abbey · 2019It builds from house to village to county, then lands on one image. - B24 lines
Oh, Captain, hi.
Oliver's rehearsal introSigned, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made · 2021He says the same agency name twice; nerves turn the opener into a loop. - B25 lines
She was still sleepwalking along the giddy heights of a lost career.
Portrait of a sleepwalkerSunset Boulevard · 1950Repetition and metaphor build a cold little poem about her self-absorption. - B25 lines
Colonel Blake has secured for us The Halls of Montezuma.
the war-movie trailerM*A*S*H · 1970The pitch is so over-the-top that it becomes a parody of war propaganda. - B24 lines
Shut up. Just shut up.
Kyle draws the lineWin Win · 2011He shuts her mouth, then fences Leo off from the money. - B24 lines
I pictured you as a little gray piece of paper.
Todd's paper-to-rocker imageThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty · 2013The leap from a gray slip of paper to a rock frontman captures the whole surprise in one image. - B25 lines
As, uh… As some of you may know, the most valuable minerals in the world are fast becoming those that are deployed in the manufacture of cell phones and, uh, computers.
Isherwell's rare-earth pitchDon't Look Up · 2021A smooth sales pitch that turns geopolitical anxiety into a reason to buy. - B24 lines
I never got the rest of the 53 bucks, but, given the dynamics of Interstate 60, I wasn't concerned.
Neal's highway voice-overInterstate 60 · 2002The calm voice-over turns coincidence into a rule of the road and sets up what comes next. - B25 lines
At Stratton, there were three kinds of hookers.
The hooker tiersThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He grades prostitutes like stocks, and the deadpan delivery makes the absurdity land. - B24 lines
You know, I don't fear death.
Closing the bookKnives Out · 2019He does not fear dying. He wants the last sentence to look like a signature. - B24 lines
Listen, we've got an extraordinary show for you tonight.
The host's opening welcomeV for Vendetta · 2006The welcome sounds warm while quietly setting a trap for the guest. - B24 lines
Well, he's not. He left.
Rose on the boyfriend who ranWe're the Millers · 2013Maxed cards, emptied the bank, out of town — and it lands on a mug. - B24 lines
This is serious.
Reckless names the defectThe Wild Robot · 2024Short hits in a row: defective, wrong place, wrong thing, go back. - B24 lines
She said she saw the killing through the windows of a moving elevated train.
Juror Eight takes apart a witness12 Angry Men · 1957He breaks the testimony into cars, details and timing, laying each piece out to be seen. - B24 lines
Oh, Mike, please! You're the fun-lovin', outgoing party guy...
Trent's pep talkSwingers · 1996The insults are the affection: he bullies Mike back toward feeling like a catch. - B25 lines
I had a sister just like you once.
Anna names the sisterDownton Abbey: A New Era · 2022The pep talk drops into 1919 and a flu death, and the star is suddenly just a face they have seen before. - B24 lines
You know I'm preparing the city for imminent invasion, right?
the invasion briefingJojo Rabbit · 2019It slides from serious defense talk into a cannibal rumor, and the drop is the joke. - B25 lines
There was a time when I would have resented such impertinence...
Holloway's calm rebukeThe Uninvited · 1944The courtesy never cracks, and that is exactly what makes the threat land. - B25 lines
You see, you were there all along...
He will rebuild the night for herThe Great Gatsby · 2013From every idea to I'll change it: the mansion is a love letter with a renovation clause. - B24 lines
The creator never wanted the place to change.
the creator's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013A deathbed wish explains why the park stays shabby, delivered with mock solemnity. - B24 lines
Do you remember, Clive, we used to say, "Our armies are fighting for our women, our children and our homes"?
Theo on warThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943He dismantles the old slogan step by step, then closes with a question that has no answer. - B24 lines
Like, the monkey,
The monkey resets the gagFriends: The Reunion · 2021Marks, timing, and resets stack until the laugh dies one beat early. - B24 lines
And I'll tell you something else.
Jeff's closing argumentRear Window · 1954He knots the calls, the card and the case into one tightening argument.